GenderThe online magazine that helps LGBTQ+ women to stay updated with entertaining blogs and breaking news about LGBT rights.https://www.lezbelib.com/gender/feed/page-32019-02-22T15:28:36+00:00Joomla! - Open Source Content ManagementOne Of The Oldest Trees In Europe Is An Intersex Tree2015-11-11T21:04:23+00:002015-11-11T21:04:23+00:00https://www.lezbelib.com/gender/one-of-the-oldest-trees-in-europe-is-an-intersex-treeE-Liinfo@lezbelib.com<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/Gender/fortingall_yew_tree.jpg" alt="fortingall yew tree" width="387" height="234" style="float: left;" /></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">The 3,000-year-old Yew tree, which is located in Fortingall in Perthshire, Scotland, has been identified as a male and therefore producing only pollen. This year, one of its branches produced berries that only the female trees produce. So the media immediately described this as "sex change", identifying it so as a transgender tree while it is more an intersex tree.</span></p>
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<p><img src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/Gender/fortingall_yew_tree_berries.jpg" alt="fortingall yew tree berries" width="183" height="137" style="float: right;" /></p>
<p>A specialist, Dr. Max Coleman of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh, <a href="http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/17622" target="_parent">explained</a> that this species of tree is either male or female.</p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">"Yews are normally either male or female and in autumn and winter sexing yews is generally easy.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">"Males have small spherical structures that release clouds of pollen when they mature. Females hold bright red berries from autumn into winter."</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">In fact, we may not know it but there are many species of plants that are hermaphrodite, male and female, others also regularly perform sex changes.</span></p>
<p>"Some trees, like ash, can routinely change sex. Others, like yew, do this very rarely," Coleman <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fortingall-yew-sex-change-intersex-tree_5638faeee4b079a43c04d103" target="_parent">said</a>. "We don’t fully understand why, but it probably has to do with maximizing the chances of reproduction and could be in response to environmental triggers, age or simply pure chance."</p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Coleman also added that intersexuality of the Fortingall Yew Tree would have already manifested. A woman has indeed contacted him after seeing the news in the media, stating that she had observed a female branch in 1996, it would seem, moreover, that it is the same branch.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">In any case, we wish to the Fortingall Yew Tree to continue to be well and to show the world that there are not only two genders on this planet.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: right;">&nbsp;</p></div><div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/Gender/fortingall_yew_tree.jpg" alt="fortingall yew tree" width="387" height="234" style="float: left;" /></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">The 3,000-year-old Yew tree, which is located in Fortingall in Perthshire, Scotland, has been identified as a male and therefore producing only pollen. This year, one of its branches produced berries that only the female trees produce. So the media immediately described this as "sex change", identifying it so as a transgender tree while it is more an intersex tree.</span></p>
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<p><img src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/Gender/fortingall_yew_tree_berries.jpg" alt="fortingall yew tree berries" width="183" height="137" style="float: right;" /></p>
<p>A specialist, Dr. Max Coleman of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh, <a href="http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/17622" target="_parent">explained</a> that this species of tree is either male or female.</p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">"Yews are normally either male or female and in autumn and winter sexing yews is generally easy.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">"Males have small spherical structures that release clouds of pollen when they mature. Females hold bright red berries from autumn into winter."</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">In fact, we may not know it but there are many species of plants that are hermaphrodite, male and female, others also regularly perform sex changes.</span></p>
<p>"Some trees, like ash, can routinely change sex. Others, like yew, do this very rarely," Coleman <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fortingall-yew-sex-change-intersex-tree_5638faeee4b079a43c04d103" target="_parent">said</a>. "We don’t fully understand why, but it probably has to do with maximizing the chances of reproduction and could be in response to environmental triggers, age or simply pure chance."</p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Coleman also added that intersexuality of the Fortingall Yew Tree would have already manifested. A woman has indeed contacted him after seeing the news in the media, stating that she had observed a female branch in 1996, it would seem, moreover, that it is the same branch.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">In any case, we wish to the Fortingall Yew Tree to continue to be well and to show the world that there are not only two genders on this planet.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: right;">&nbsp;</p></div>Doubts Remain About Companies That Promote Diversity And Promise The Inclusion Of LGBT Employees2015-10-09T22:04:10+00:002015-10-09T22:04:10+00:00https://www.lezbelib.com/gender/doubts-remain-about-companies-that-promote-diversity-and-promise-the-inclusion-of-lgbt-employeesE-Liinfo@lezbelib.com<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/Cael/rainbow_flag.jpg" alt="rainbow flag" width="300" height="172" style="float: left;" /></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">More and more American companies such as Facebook, Tesla and more recently Netflix, added hormone and sex reassignment therapies as the benefits available to their employees, but are these benefits real?</span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en-US">The number of companies considering LGBT people cease to grow. In a recent human rights survey, out of 780 companies </span><span lang="fr-FR">questioned on their LGBT friendliness</span><span lang="en-US">, 415 revealed their LGBT employees are included in their benefits, more than double since 2012.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">However, James Baron, a professor at the Yale School of Management, explained that the sudden propensity for diversity is merely a marketing strategy and, in fact, LGBT employees don't use these benefits more than before.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">«It becomes a bit of a rat race as to who can out-commit whom with diversity initiatives. Committing to this form of equality allows a company to put another arrow in its quiver without terribly profound cost implications,» he said.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en-US">Jody Herman, a </span><span lang="fr-FR">researcher gender law at the University of California</span><span lang="en-US">, recently released a report which also confirms this fad.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en-US">It is therefore very difficult to know the companies that have a real desire to include LGBT employees in their benefits and those who are interested only in their image and in LGBT purchasing power, qualified more high by economic research firms.</span></span></p></div><div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/Cael/rainbow_flag.jpg" alt="rainbow flag" width="300" height="172" style="float: left;" /></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">More and more American companies such as Facebook, Tesla and more recently Netflix, added hormone and sex reassignment therapies as the benefits available to their employees, but are these benefits real?</span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en-US">The number of companies considering LGBT people cease to grow. In a recent human rights survey, out of 780 companies </span><span lang="fr-FR">questioned on their LGBT friendliness</span><span lang="en-US">, 415 revealed their LGBT employees are included in their benefits, more than double since 2012.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">However, James Baron, a professor at the Yale School of Management, explained that the sudden propensity for diversity is merely a marketing strategy and, in fact, LGBT employees don't use these benefits more than before.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">«It becomes a bit of a rat race as to who can out-commit whom with diversity initiatives. Committing to this form of equality allows a company to put another arrow in its quiver without terribly profound cost implications,» he said.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en-US">Jody Herman, a </span><span lang="fr-FR">researcher gender law at the University of California</span><span lang="en-US">, recently released a report which also confirms this fad.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en-US">It is therefore very difficult to know the companies that have a real desire to include LGBT employees in their benefits and those who are interested only in their image and in LGBT purchasing power, qualified more high by economic research firms.</span></span></p></div>El Paso Opens A Gender Identity Clinic!2015-09-24T17:13:14+00:002015-09-24T17:13:14+00:00https://www.lezbelib.com/gender/el-paso-opens-a-gender-identity-clinicE-Liinfo@lezbelib.com<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2015_News/el_paso.jpg" alt="el paso" width="273" height="242" style="float: left;" /></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">El Paso, Texas has opened a gender identity clinic, the first in Texas.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">The </span>Texas Tech University Health Services Center<span lang="en"> opened this clinic run by Dr. Hector Granados, a paediatric endocrinologist who works with transgender children and adults.<br /></span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">«We are in diapers when it comes to transgender care in the United States,» he said.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">«Most of the information and what we know comes from the Netherlands where they have been taking care of transgender kids for almost three decades.»</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">This clinic allows to accompany trans* teens and their families through <a href="https://www.lezbelib.com/wellbeing-health-food/exploring-gender-dealing-with-dysphoria" target="_parent">gender dysphoria</a> or <a href="https://www.lezbelib.com/wellbeing-health-food/exploring-gender-transitioning-and-therapists" target="_parent">transition</a>.<br /></span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">«Gender identity disorder was classified as a mental disorder, which I believe is incorrect because being transgender is as normal as being gay or lesbian or heterosexual,» Granados said.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">«There is nothing wrong with being heterosexual, it’s just more common, just like there’s nothing wrong with being transgender, it’s just less common.»</span></p></div><div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2015_News/el_paso.jpg" alt="el paso" width="273" height="242" style="float: left;" /></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">El Paso, Texas has opened a gender identity clinic, the first in Texas.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">The </span>Texas Tech University Health Services Center<span lang="en"> opened this clinic run by Dr. Hector Granados, a paediatric endocrinologist who works with transgender children and adults.<br /></span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">«We are in diapers when it comes to transgender care in the United States,» he said.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">«Most of the information and what we know comes from the Netherlands where they have been taking care of transgender kids for almost three decades.»</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">This clinic allows to accompany trans* teens and their families through <a href="https://www.lezbelib.com/wellbeing-health-food/exploring-gender-dealing-with-dysphoria" target="_parent">gender dysphoria</a> or <a href="https://www.lezbelib.com/wellbeing-health-food/exploring-gender-transitioning-and-therapists" target="_parent">transition</a>.<br /></span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">«Gender identity disorder was classified as a mental disorder, which I believe is incorrect because being transgender is as normal as being gay or lesbian or heterosexual,» Granados said.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">«There is nothing wrong with being heterosexual, it’s just more common, just like there’s nothing wrong with being transgender, it’s just less common.»</span></p></div>Nepal Launches The Passport With A Third Gender Option2015-08-11T22:13:43+00:002015-08-11T22:13:43+00:00https://www.lezbelib.com/gender/nepal-launches-the-passport-with-a-third-gender-optionE-Liinfo@lezbelib.com<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2015_News/nepal_third_gender_passport.jpg" alt="nepal third gender passport" width="384" height="192" style="float: left;" /></p>
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<p>Nepal launches the passport with the option other «O» gender than «feminine» and «masculine».</p>
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<p>After Australia and New Zealand, Nepal becomes the third countries offering passports with three gender options.</p>
<p>Already in 2012, the country launched the ID card with three gender categories.</p>
<p>The passport with a third gender will be launched in next January.</p></div><div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2015_News/nepal_third_gender_passport.jpg" alt="nepal third gender passport" width="384" height="192" style="float: left;" /></p>
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<p>Nepal launches the passport with the option other «O» gender than «feminine» and «masculine».</p>
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<p>After Australia and New Zealand, Nepal becomes the third countries offering passports with three gender options.</p>
<p>Already in 2012, the country launched the ID card with three gender categories.</p>
<p>The passport with a third gender will be launched in next January.</p></div>The University Of Georgia Began A Study On Transgender Identity And Experience2015-06-30T16:28:29+00:002015-06-30T16:28:29+00:00https://www.lezbelib.com/gender/the-university-of-georgia-began-a-study-on-transgender-identity-and-experienceE-Liinfo@lezbelib.com<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2015_News/University_of_Georgia.jpg" alt="University of Georgia" style="float: left;" /></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">The University of Georgia has decided to launch a major study on the trans* identity and experience to enable better support and to develop better social services tailored to transgender people.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">This study will last for five years and will begin in particular by trying to understand how the hardships of a life can influence our identity.<br /></span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">Anneliese Singh, professor in the counselling and human development department, who is leading one of the teams, also explains that «for instance, people tend to have an internal sense of being a woman or a man.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">«Transgender people may not fit neatly into this gender binary as transgender people may not identify with the sex they were assigned at birth.»</span></p></div><div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2015_News/University_of_Georgia.jpg" alt="University of Georgia" style="float: left;" /></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">The University of Georgia has decided to launch a major study on the trans* identity and experience to enable better support and to develop better social services tailored to transgender people.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">This study will last for five years and will begin in particular by trying to understand how the hardships of a life can influence our identity.<br /></span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">Anneliese Singh, professor in the counselling and human development department, who is leading one of the teams, also explains that «for instance, people tend to have an internal sense of being a woman or a man.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">«Transgender people may not fit neatly into this gender binary as transgender people may not identify with the sex they were assigned at birth.»</span></p></div>Ruby Rose Explores Gender Fluidity In A Short Film Titled "Break Free"2015-05-25T21:05:30+00:002015-05-25T21:05:30+00:00https://www.lezbelib.com/gender/ruby-rose-explores-the-gender-fluidity-in-a-short-film-titled-break-freeE-Liinfo@lezbelib.com<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/Movies/Ruby_Rose_break_free.jpg" alt="Ruby Rose break free" width="486" height="207" style="float: left;" /></p>
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<p><span lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Ruby Rose, who identifies as genderfluid, has released «Break Free», a short film that explores gender in a very beautiful way.</span></p>
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<p><span lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">One of the personalities of the moment is definitely the Australian actress and DJ Ruby Rose we will discover soon in the series «Orange Is the New Black», whose season 3 will begin on June 12.</span></p>
<p><span lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">I wanted to share with you a wonderful short film she wrote and released last year in which Ruby Rose explores self-acceptance, the release of her true identity, through the gender fluidity:</span></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EFjsSSDLl8w" frameborder="0" width="500" height="282" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"></iframe></p></div><div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/Movies/Ruby_Rose_break_free.jpg" alt="Ruby Rose break free" width="486" height="207" style="float: left;" /></p>
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<p><span lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Ruby Rose, who identifies as genderfluid, has released «Break Free», a short film that explores gender in a very beautiful way.</span></p>
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<p><span lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">One of the personalities of the moment is definitely the Australian actress and DJ Ruby Rose we will discover soon in the series «Orange Is the New Black», whose season 3 will begin on June 12.</span></p>
<p><span lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">I wanted to share with you a wonderful short film she wrote and released last year in which Ruby Rose explores self-acceptance, the release of her true identity, through the gender fluidity:</span></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EFjsSSDLl8w" frameborder="0" width="500" height="282" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"></iframe></p></div>Pope Francis Regards The Notion Of Gender As A Sin Against Nature2015-03-01T01:29:11+00:002015-03-01T01:29:11+00:00https://www.lezbelib.com/gender/pope-francis-considers-the-notion-of-gender-as-a-sin-against-natureE-Liinfo@lezbelib.com<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img style="float: left;" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2015_News/Pope_Francis.jpg" alt="Pope Francis" width="226" height="299" /></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">According to the National Catholic Reporter, this is what he said: «Let’s think of the nuclear arms, of the possibility to annihilate in a few instants a very high number of human beings.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">«Let’s think also of genetic manipulation, of the manipulation of life, or of the gender theory, that does not recognize the order of creation.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">«With this attitude, man commits a new sin, that against God the Creator.</span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">«The true custody of creation does not have anything to do with the ideologies that consider man like an accident, like a problem to eliminate.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">«God has placed man and woman and the summit of creation and has entrusted them with the earth.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">«The design of the Creator is written in nature.»</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">The term «gender theory» is totally misused. It's true, they still use the «gender theory» as if it did not exist, but they believe in gender as we do. The only difference is that they think that living beings are limited to two genders: male / female; when we know that there is no limitation. Sex and gender are not the same thing.<br /></span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">Beyond that, when Pope Francis, or any other person, is opposed to what they call the «gender theory», they oppose transgender people, they deny their existence.<br /></span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">So, dear Francis, let me tell you a scientifically proven fact: In a group of clownfish, when a female dies, the largest male becomes female. No genetic manipulation, it's just nature.<br /></span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">See ya Francis!</span></span></p></div><div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img style="float: left;" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2015_News/Pope_Francis.jpg" alt="Pope Francis" width="226" height="299" /></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">According to the National Catholic Reporter, this is what he said: «Let’s think of the nuclear arms, of the possibility to annihilate in a few instants a very high number of human beings.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">«Let’s think also of genetic manipulation, of the manipulation of life, or of the gender theory, that does not recognize the order of creation.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">«With this attitude, man commits a new sin, that against God the Creator.</span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">«The true custody of creation does not have anything to do with the ideologies that consider man like an accident, like a problem to eliminate.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">«God has placed man and woman and the summit of creation and has entrusted them with the earth.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">«The design of the Creator is written in nature.»</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">The term «gender theory» is totally misused. It's true, they still use the «gender theory» as if it did not exist, but they believe in gender as we do. The only difference is that they think that living beings are limited to two genders: male / female; when we know that there is no limitation. Sex and gender are not the same thing.<br /></span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">Beyond that, when Pope Francis, or any other person, is opposed to what they call the «gender theory», they oppose transgender people, they deny their existence.<br /></span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">So, dear Francis, let me tell you a scientifically proven fact: In a group of clownfish, when a female dies, the largest male becomes female. No genetic manipulation, it's just nature.<br /></span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">See ya Francis!</span></span></p></div>Manitoba, Canada Allows Transgender People To Change Their Gender Without Surgery2015-02-10T16:52:53+00:002015-02-10T16:52:53+00:00https://www.lezbelib.com/gender/manitoba-canada-allows-transgender-people-to-change-their-gender-without-surgeryE-Liinfo@lezbelib.com<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img style="float: left;" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2015_News/Manitoba.jpg" alt="Manitoba" width="316" height="210" /></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">Since the beginning of February, the transgender people in the Manitoba region in Canada can change their gender on their </span>registrations and certificates<span lang="en"> without going through surgery.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">Until now, it was impossible for a transgender person to change the gender without surgery, but after several meetings of health-care professionals, it was decided that it was necessary to change that.<br /></span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">Now, only a </span>statutory declaration of the change, along with a letter from a health-care professional <span lang="en">will be required before changing the identity documents.<br /></span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">«This is a very sensitive and personal issue for transgendered Manitobans seeking to change their identity documents, and we want to make the process as respectful and fair as possible,» NDP cabinet minister Ron Lemieux said in a statement.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">«I'm proud that Manitoba is taking these important steps to make this process more fair and respectful, and align with human rights codes legislation.»<span lang="en"><br /></span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">However, this change only applies to Manitobans and not to all Canadians.</span></span></p></div><div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img style="float: left;" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2015_News/Manitoba.jpg" alt="Manitoba" width="316" height="210" /></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">Since the beginning of February, the transgender people in the Manitoba region in Canada can change their gender on their </span>registrations and certificates<span lang="en"> without going through surgery.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">Until now, it was impossible for a transgender person to change the gender without surgery, but after several meetings of health-care professionals, it was decided that it was necessary to change that.<br /></span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">Now, only a </span>statutory declaration of the change, along with a letter from a health-care professional <span lang="en">will be required before changing the identity documents.<br /></span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">«This is a very sensitive and personal issue for transgendered Manitobans seeking to change their identity documents, and we want to make the process as respectful and fair as possible,» NDP cabinet minister Ron Lemieux said in a statement.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">«I'm proud that Manitoba is taking these important steps to make this process more fair and respectful, and align with human rights codes legislation.»<span lang="en"><br /></span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">However, this change only applies to Manitobans and not to all Canadians.</span></span></p></div>Thailand Will Recognize A Third Gender In Its New Constitution2015-01-30T16:25:51+00:002015-01-30T16:25:51+00:00https://www.lezbelib.com/gender/thailand-will-recognize-a-third-gender-in-its-new-constitutionE-Liinfo@lezbelib.com<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img style="float: left;" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2015_News/thaïland.jpg" alt="thaïland" /></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">Thailand will recognize a third gender in its new constitution.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">Indeed, a spokesman for the panel that is drafting the new constitution told <a href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/01/15/us-thailand-politics-idUKKBN0KO0SC20150115?rpc=401"><em>Reuters</em></a>: "We are putting the words 'third gender' in the constitution because Thai society has advanced."</span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="articleText"></a> "There are not only men and women, we need to protect all sexes. We consider all sexes to be equal."</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">Thailand allows transgender people to live openly, the country also allows them to legally change sex. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">By cons, Thailand has not legalized marriage equality. A proposal was discussed in 2012 before being suspended.</span></span></p></div><div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img style="float: left;" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2015_News/thaïland.jpg" alt="thaïland" /></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">Thailand will recognize a third gender in its new constitution.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">Indeed, a spokesman for the panel that is drafting the new constitution told <a href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/01/15/us-thailand-politics-idUKKBN0KO0SC20150115?rpc=401"><em>Reuters</em></a>: "We are putting the words 'third gender' in the constitution because Thai society has advanced."</span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="articleText"></a> "There are not only men and women, we need to protect all sexes. We consider all sexes to be equal."</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">Thailand allows transgender people to live openly, the country also allows them to legally change sex. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">By cons, Thailand has not legalized marriage equality. A proposal was discussed in 2012 before being suspended.</span></span></p></div>The Law On Gender-Neutral Restrooms Went Into Effect In West Hollywood2015-01-28T15:50:50+00:002015-01-28T15:50:50+00:00https://www.lezbelib.com/gender/the-law-on-gender-neutral-restrooms-went-into-effect-in-west-hollywoodE-Liinfo@lezbelib.com<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img style="float: left;" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2015_News/West_Hollywood.jpg" alt="West Hollywood" width="245" height="184" /></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">A law requiring businesses and public places to </span>offer<span lang="en"> gender-neutral restrooms went into effect in West Hollywood.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">The law, according to <a href="http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-weho-gender-neutral-restroom-20150113-story.html"><em>The Los Angeles Times</em></a>, will have no impact on multiple-stall restrooms, and will mandate that any facility designed for use by no more than one person not be restricted to a specific sex or gender identity by signage, design or installation of fixtures. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">Businesses and public facilities will have to comply with this law within 2 months. The law will provide safer and more welcoming public restrooms to transgender people but also to people with disabilities.<br /></span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">Similar laws were also adopted in other cities in the United States as Washington, DC and Philadelphia.</span></span></p></div><div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img style="float: left;" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2015_News/West_Hollywood.jpg" alt="West Hollywood" width="245" height="184" /></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">The law, according to <a href="http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-weho-gender-neutral-restroom-20150113-story.html"><em>The Los Angeles Times</em></a>, will have no impact on multiple-stall restrooms, and will mandate that any facility designed for use by no more than one person not be restricted to a specific sex or gender identity by signage, design or installation of fixtures. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">Businesses and public facilities will have to comply with this law within 2 months. The law will provide safer and more welcoming public restrooms to transgender people but also to people with disabilities.<br /></span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">Similar laws were also adopted in other cities in the United States as Washington, DC and Philadelphia.</span></span></p></div>